HIGH SCHOOL –1959 vs. 2009
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack.
1959 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack...
2009 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1959 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2009 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1959 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2009 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD... The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1959 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.
2009 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to
foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison.. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1959 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock..
2009 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations... His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1959 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2009 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist.. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher.. English is then banned from core curriculum.. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1959 - Ants die.
2009 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents --and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1959 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2009 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.
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This is really funny, but it is also very sad because it’s so true.
We are fast becoming a “nanny state” (Babylon’s definition — “1. government seen as having extreme control over the welfare and lives of its citizens and considers it in the best interests of the people; 2. patronizing and authoritative government that interferes and controls the lives of its citizens”)
We are so used to having some authority (other than parents) control and/or protect us, we are losing all forms of personal accountability and responsibility. The role of parenting has been replaced by educational bureaucrats, who through their good-intentioned, “no tolerance” policies, can’t seem to use common sense anymore in making decisions or meting punishments. Parents that exercise the duty of developing their children through the proper use of discipline are looked down upon by this “progressive” society. Having their God-given responsibilities stripped from parents makes them apathetic and reliant on the establishment, and so a vicious cycle continues. The end result is a culture of two classes: 1. spineless, dependent victims who can never make a decision or develop on their own; 2. the miscreants and criminals that prey upon them.
Understandably, we are no longer in the simpler time of 1959. There are many complexities in today’s world that have propelled us into the laughable scenarios depicted in this post. However, we need to take a look at where we are heading, and realize when enough is enough. Where are the strong men and women of yesteryear that were personally accountable to God first, to their families second, and everything else last? They stood for their values and made this country great. Overall, they were good parents, because they took responsibility — responsibility to love, nurture, and correct their children, and responsibility for their children’s actions. This is sorely needed today.
It’s a sad statement on our culture today when 100 bicycles are donated to charity to be given to less-fortunate children for Christmas, but some safety monger puts the brakes on giving them out because they don’t have helmets to issue with them:
http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2009/12/13/news/metro_aurora/doc4b25c81ebf658134257227.txt
I don’t know — maybe it’s just me, but I think we’re turning into a bunch of ninnies. I think kids should wear helmets when riding a bike. I never did growing up, but I would ask my kids to do so, at least at certain times and in more dangerous conditions. But, isn’t that the parents’ responsibility? I get the whole liability against the charitable organization argument, but that’s another issue altogether. To not give a kid a bike (and make his or her whole Christmas) because you don’t got a helmet too…well, just seems a little off.
Thoughts?
Mike